Hornstein v. Podwitz

The plaintiff’s prima facie case established all the essential elements entitling him to recover brokerage commissions from the corporate defendant. At the request of such defendant he disclosed to its president his proposed purchasers, the defendants Mersel and Hirschhorn, and a contract of purchase and sale resulted. The plaintiff was thus entitled to his commissions, notwithstanding the final negotiations which resulted in a meeting of the minds of the parties were conducted by the defendant owner. (Sibbald v. Bethlehem Iron Company, 83 N. Y. 378.)

The basis of the plaintiff’s cause of…